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Crisis
in Zimbabwe
Condoleezza Rice
June 23, 2008
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/06/106150.htm
Yet another
vicious assault on the opposition and its supporters for exercising
their right to assemble and their right to free speech has reinforced
that it is impossible for there to be a free, fair or peaceful election
in Zimbabwe on June 27. Due to these and other events, and out of
concern for the lives of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
supporters, Morgan Tsvangirai announced
he will no longer contest the run-off election.
The United States condemns
in the strongest terms the Government of Zimbabwe's continuing campaign
of violence against its own people. It is abundantly clear that
Mugabe is determined to thwart the will of the people of Zimbabwe
as so clearly expressed on March 29. Reports that international
election monitors were also victims of state-sponsored violence
are particularly troubling.
Both the MDC and Zimbabwe
African National Union- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) parties
must work together on behalf of the people of Zimbabwe. The Mugabe
regime cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a runoff.
In forsaking the most basic tenet of governance- the protection
of its people- the Government of Zimbabwe must be held accountable
by the international community. We call upon the Southern African
Development Community, African Union Peace and Security Council,
and the United Nations Security Council to take up this issue immediately.
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